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¹ Lorde, thou art oure refuge from one generacion to another.² Before the mountaynes were brought forth, or euer the earth & the worlde were made, thou art God from euerlastinge and worlde withoute ende.³ Thou turnest man to destruccion, Agayne, thou sayest: come agayne ye children of men.⁴ For a thousande yeares in thy sight are but as yesterdaye that is past, and like as it were a night watch.⁵ As soone as thou scatrest them, they are euen as a slepe, and fade awaye sodenly like the grasse.⁶ In the mornynge it is grene and groweth vp, but in the euenynge it is cutt downe and wythered.

⁷ For we consume awaye in thy displeasure, and are afrayed at thy wrothfull indignacion.⁸ Thou settest oure mi?dedes before the, and oure secrete synnes in the light of thy countenaunce.⁹ For when thou art angrie, all or dayes are gone, we brynge or yeares to an ende, as it were a tayle that is tolde.¹⁰ The dayes of oure age are iij. score yeares & ten: & though men be so stronge that they come to iiij. score yeares, yet is their strength then but laboure and sorowe: so soone passeth it awaye, & we are gone.¹¹ But who regardeth the power of thy wrath, thy fearfull & terrible displeasure?

¹² O teach vs to nombre oure dayes, that we maye applie oure hertes vnto wy?dome.¹³ Turne the agayne (o LORDE) at the last, and be gracious vnto thy seruauntes.¹⁴ O satisfie vs with thy mercy, and that soone: so shal we reioyse and be glad all the dayes of oure life.¹⁵ Comforte vs agayne, now after the tyme that thou hast plaged vs, and for the yeares wherin we haue suffred aduersite.¹⁶ Shewe thy seruauntes thy worke, & their children thy glory.¹⁷ And the glorious maiesty of the LORDE oure God be vpon vs: O prospere thou the worke of oure hondes vpon vs, o prospere thou oure hondy worke.